Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Crawford County, Ohio, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Crawford County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crawford County
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crawford County. It reported 67 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Bucyrus, 11,567 residents: 251 arrests reported for 2025.
- Galion, 10,304 residents: 216 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crestline, 4,468 residents: 18 arrests reported for 2024.
- New Washington, 859 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Crawford County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Bucyrus: 251 for 2025, 266 for 2024, 358 for 2023, 355 for 2022, 267 for 2021 and 256 for 2020.
- Galion: 216 for 2025, 240 for 2024, 298 for 2023, 235 for 2022, 240 for 2021 and 353 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Crawford County Sheriff's Office: 67 for 2025, 52 for 2024, 43 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 52 for 2021 and 50 for 2020.
- Crestline: 18 for 2024, 37 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 38 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 534 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 534 in 2025 against 558 in 2024, down 4.3 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 307 arrests, against 271 in the same months of 2025.
New Washington and Crestline reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crawford County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Crawford County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 121 beds, and it ran at 91 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Crawford County
For Crawford County the place to look is the case index of the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcocpcourt.org).
Ohio does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Crawford County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline or New Washington: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at crawfordcocpcourt.org.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Crawford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the seven cities in Crawford County: Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline and New Washington. North Robinson, Tiro and Chatfield have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crawford County each year?
Bucyrus reported 251 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 534 between them.
Where are people arrested in Crawford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crawford County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Ohio Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Crawford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crawford County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Crawford County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.